characidae
Noun
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Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America (synset 102585842)
is a type of: fish family - any of various families of fishmember holonym:
- characid, characin, characin fish - any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
- genus hemigrammus, hemigrammus - tetras
- genus paracheirodon, paracheirodon - a genus of Characidae
- genus serrasalmus, serrasalmus - piranhas
belongs to: cypriniformes, order cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysisame as: family characidae
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